Innovation in Practice Blog
October 27, 2020
Attribute Dependency is one of the five techniques of the SIT (Systematic Inventive Thinking) method. Just to give you an idea, think of your home thermostat […]
October 20, 2020
Chocolate chip cookies, penicillin, Velcro, microwave ovens, the game of basketball, and Post-It Notes. What do they have in common? Well, those products were invented completely […]
October 13, 2020
Subtraction is the removal of an essential core element rather than the addition of new systems or functions. Like all the other techniques of the Systematic […]
October 6, 2020
Procter & Gamble was able to take an air freshener product that was lagging at 4th place in terms of market share – to 1st place, […]
September 29, 2020
Individuals and organizations need to learn at a rate faster than the rate of change. And innovation pilot programs help you do that. But how do […]
September 22, 2020
How do you develop your creativity? As much as you want to or need to be creative, sometimes, there’s something that seems to block it. And […]
September 15, 2020
The Systematic Inventive Thinking or SIT method is not only applicable to products, it’s also highly valuable in innovating services and processes. Here are two ways […]
September 8, 2020
When you’re talking about innovation, a traditional brainstorming approach doesn’t work. If you want to generate better ideas, you have to be able to create your […]
September 1, 2020
With innovation comes resistance. They define each other. An idea simply cannot be innovative unless it’s met with resistance. Because of this, we should see resistance […]
August 25, 2020
Creative thinking can be systematic and routine. All you have to do is learn how to use your brain and learn a new way to generate […]
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December 28, 2015
As a teacher of creativity, I agree that persistence is an important success factor when producing new ideas. As the researchers point out, when creative challenges start to feel difficult, most people lower their expectations about the performance benefits of perseverance, and consequently, underestimate their own ability to generate ideas. But other factors can boost...or inhibit innovation...motivation, hope, and anxiety (yes, you read it correctly - anxiety).